H.E. Hester Somsen

Netherlands
Date of accreditation:
© Mohamed El Sauaf
Education
  • Doctorandus (comparable to a Master’s Degree) in Political Science with a major in International Relations, University of Amsterdam
Professional Career
  • 10/2020
    Deputy National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism & Director for Cybersecurity and State Threats at the NCTV
  • 09/2016
    Director of Security Policy at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • 2013 – 11/2016
    Ambassador to Lebanon
  • 2009
    head of the Crisis Management and Peacekeeping Operations Division in the Security Policy Department
  • 2006
    Dutch embassy in Tanzania
  • 2000 – 2001
    Department of European Integration
  • 1997 – 2000
    second secretary at the Dutch embassy in Hungary
  • 1997
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Personal Details
  • Geburtstag: 15. März 1972
  • Pers. Status: verheiratet
Sprachen
Niederländisch, Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch
Nationalfeiertag
27. April
Website
www.netherlandsandyou.nl/web/deutschland